Grade Information Faculty

Fall 2025 final grade submissions are due no later than noon on Tuesday, December 16 for all courses.

Final Grade Reporting Deadlines

Fall and Spring Courses

Summer Courses

Please be advised your college may have an earlier deadline in order to ensure grades are received in a timely manner. Blackboard grade center integration to MyNIU will be available until 11 a.m. on the dates on which final grades are due.

It is important to receive all grades by this deadline date as many students request various types of documentation from the Office of Registration and Records immediately at the end of the semester and/or degree conferral. These requests include official transcripts, degree certifications, letters of good standing, etc. Students request these documents with the understanding that they are inclusive of the student’s academic achievement from all of their classes.

Grade Roster Availability

• Dynamic session courses grade rosters will be generated one business day after the class end date (note: those that end within 10 days of the semester end will be generated along with the full semester classes).
• First-half session class grade rosters will be generated by Monday, October 20, 2025.
• Second-half session and full session class grade rosters will be generated by Friday, December 5, 2025.

These are the dates that the grade roster icon will appear in the Faculty Center. Please do not confuse this with the grade book icon, which is not used.

Grade Submission Resources

View grade rosters information.

Entering Grades in MyNIU (PDF).

Submitting final grades to MyNIU via Blackboard Grade Submission Tool. See Blackboard Tutorials.

If grades are not posted on the roster by the deadline, the instructor must submit the change/add grade form in MyNIU for each student in the class, with department chair approval required for each submission.

If you have questions, please contact the Office of Registration and Records at regrec@niu.edu or 815-753-0681. 

Grade Change or Add Information

Change of Grade or Add Request for Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

Change of grade requests should be submitted electronically via MyNIU. 

1. Log in and click the "my forms" tile
2. Fill out a new form and select the "change of grade" form

Please review the grade instructions (PDF) for more information.

This form will work for current semester classes as well as the three previous graded semesters. 

Grade change requests outside the normal time limits: Additional approval must be obtained and rationale provided to explain the delay in submitting the request. Approval is not guaranteed.

1. To request a grade change older than three semesters, use the fillable form (PDF) and obtain approvals from the chair of the course offering department and the associate dean of the college.
2. Once the necessary approvals are obtained, this form will need to be emailed to Registration and Records (at regrec@niu.edu) or the Graduate School (at gradsch@niu.edu) for input of the change of grade.